Chapter 209 – 209. Traces of Fanaticism (1)
“Let’s do one thing tomorrow.”
“Day?”
“Is it work?”
After extending her stay in the room for another day, Eun-hyeon came into the room and suddenly spoke to her.
At Eunhyeon’s suggestion, Illyana and Eleanor tilted their heads and asked again.
It was an unexpected proposal for the two wives who were in a light mood on their honeymoon.
“I just heard from the innkeeper. There are missing people in the village.”
“Are you missing?”
“Uh. A total of three people. One child, one young woman, and one old man.”
“Ah…”
At the mention of direct human harm, Eleanor hardened her face.
On the other hand, Illyana asked with a confused expression.
“… Why did you do that all of a sudden?”
“Seeing my behavior, they asked if we were adventurers.”
“I didn’t come dressed as an adventurer…”
Illyana and Eleanor had a mature appearance that attracted attention even when they were still, so they entered the village wearing their robes and avoiding exposing their appearance as much as possible.
What was the reason for being able to judge three people who were active without any weapons or proper equipment as adventurers?
“I didn’t talk to him because he looked like an adventurer, but I guess it would be more accurate to say that I wanted to be an adventurer.”
Most of them were adventurers, other than the merchants of the customers who came to the inn in this sparsely populated village.
There were no lines of packages or wagons to be seen, and the character of one male and two females could hardly be regarded as a merchant.
Maybe that’s why he came to think that he might be an adventurer, Eunhyeon guessed.
“Originally, people are bound to have biased thoughts as they please.”
In a small village with a population of less than 100, even three missing people was a big deal for the entire village.
The same applies to the innkeeper who is a villager.
Because of this, the appearance of an adventurer who could solve the problems in the village must have been very desperate.
“Huh. If you’ve made up your mind to do this, I have nothing to say.”
Illyana gave a small nod of her head.
Soon after, Eunhyeon looked at Eleanor.
“I want to help the villagers too.”
“Okay.”
Seeing Eleanor’s face revealing her own will with her voice mixed with her determination, Eun-hyeon responded with a smile.
“What are you thinking? There’s no way you accepted this job because you wanted something like pay, and there’s a reason, right?”
It wasn’t that I lived a life where money was scarce from the beginning.
Illyana did not think that Eunhyeon would have accepted her request because he was coveted for the small amount of money that such a rural village could provide.
However, he is not a foolish good man who blindly helps people in trouble.
There was always a proper reason for her Eun-hyeon’s actions.
“What bothered me was the way people were missing.”
“Method?”
In the middle of the night, when she was not awake, she suddenly saw an old man staggering down the street.
When she woke up, her wife was nowhere to be seen.
She said that the child who returned from playing until evening did not come home at all.
“They say she didn’t even leave a trace of her, as if she walked on her own feet and hid her presence.”
The disappearance of not one but three people must be seen as the result of an incident involving someone’s intention.
However, there is no trace of the incident involving that intention.
Just as if there was an attack by bandits or monsters, the aftermath of the attack must remain in the village, if someone kidnaps three villagers, someone has witnessed it, or there are bound to be traces of resistance.
But no trace of it remained.
As if the missing people had actually stepped in and disappeared on their own.
The culprit who carried out the kidnapping could have been a talented person who left no traces, but that is still a question.
What would be the benefit of sneaking out a small number of villagers without bothering to raid the village?
“So Eun-hyeon, do you think this disappearance is unusual?”
“That’s right. If it’s simply an attack by a monster or a kidnapping, it’s right to contact the adventurer’s guild and report it right away, but it doesn’t feel right… I’m reluctant Besides, this is not the territory of Pernias Kingdom.”
Strictly speaking, the place the Eunhyeon couple are currently heading to is the elven realm, unknown to humans.
“In addition, even if we kidnapped people without leaving traces through special magic or any other means, it was also a concern that we did not detect it.”
“To be honest, I was playing with you and Eleanor, but I was so absorbed in it that I couldn’t afford to pay attention to anything else.”
“…”
Eunhyeon was at a loss for words at Illyana’s confidently expressing her thoughts.
Deep down, it’s hard for Eunhyeon to deny that she didn’t do that.
“Yes, actually I…”
“… Eleanor too?”
“Yes…”
Eleanor, with her embarrassed expression, cautiously raised her hand and embroidered her.
After the role play she had enjoyed until morning, she returned to her neat and innocent appearance at some point, avoiding Eun-hyeon’s gaze.
“What… I couldn’t help it…”
It was such a stimulating and intense night.
Eunhyun cleared his throat a few times and nodded his head, trying to change the atmosphere.
Soon after, Illyana opened her mouth and asked Eunhyeon.
“So? How are you going to act?”
“For now, Illyana puts a barrier on the entire village. It is not a barrier that hinders or hides access, but a barrier that detects magical interference is sufficient.”
“Are you trying to set a trap and wait?”
“That’s right. The case won’t be solved simply because she sets up a barrier to protect this village.”
The barrier that was installed loses its effect and is canceled the moment Illyana leaves a certain distance.
If the Eunhyeon couple leaves this village and a missing person case occurs again, it cannot be said that the case has been solved.
In order to eliminate the cause itself, it would be better to lay a board and hold them so that they crawl out.
“The time of disappearance is after the sun goes down and at night. For now, let’s set up a sensory barrier.”
“She’s in the same way as when she was looking for a necromancer before.”
“Ah, is that time…”
When Eleanor recalled her disturbing memories a little, her face hardened.
She took the coordinates of the village through the map and teleported around, installed barriers in numerous villages, and waited for the necromancer to approach. In the process, Eleanor suffered from motion sickness and almost vomited due to her frequent use of teleport. Because there was a time when
“This time, I’m just going to put a barrier on this village. In the first place, I can’t feel the existence of other villages within the range of my senses around this village. Besides, I don’t even know the exact geography of the area.”
“Yes…”
Eleanor, not wanting to experience such a series of teleports again, let out a small sigh of relief.
Illyana nodded her head and continued to ask her Eunhyun.
“After that?”
“Then… Whoa.”
Eun-hyeon sighed and reverse-summoned the dirty bed to get rid of it, then lay down on the newly made bed.
“Let’s go to sleep first. I really feel like I’m going to die because I’ve been squeezed since last night. Really.”
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“…”
The boy just walked down the street without saying anything.
It is not a step that is moving after setting a destination for something.
The boy, who is moving his body and moving forward step by step, is in a state of somnambulism without even being properly conscious.
The action of the boy heading somewhere with a staggering and precarious gait is like a magnet attracted to a strong magnetic field, close to a unilaterally forced action lacking his own individual will.
“…”
It takes about 30 minutes to leave the village and walk through the forest alone.
If it was normal, someone would have stopped the boy who was behaving strangely before leaving the village in an unusual village atmosphere.
However, until the boy showed symptoms of sleepwalking and left the house to walk outside the village, the boy did not run into anyone.
Not only the villagers, but also the boy’s parents.
All the residents were sleeping inside the house at the time of dawn when all the residents were in a deep sleep after work.
In a small village of less than 100 people, there were no vigilantes or even a number of security guards.
Finally the boy was brought into a cave by some strong attraction.
“Here you are.”
As the sound of the footsteps of the boy walking echoed deep inside the cave, those inside the cave reacted and moved their bodies.
“Let’s start right away.”
“Yes.”
“All right.”
At the words of the man leading the way, others nodded and moved busily.
There are a total of 6 of them wearing black clothes that cover the whole body with hoods and masks and do not reveal the skin itself.
Among them, the black hood closest to the boy who entered the cave approached the boy.
He reached out his hand, grabbed the boy’s wrist, and led him roughly as if handling an object, leading him into the cave.
The boy, who could not catch up with the black hood’s stride and speed, eventually fell down and had to be dragged to the floor by the black hood.
“…”
Even though his skin was peeling and blood was coming out as he was rubbed on the ground, the boy still couldn’t come to his senses.
He finally reached the deepest part of the cave, illuminated by many torches.
A wall painting with an unpleasant and gloomy picture on it and an altar in front of it.
The black hood placed the boy’s body on the altar, and he looked around at the black hoods like himself and said.
“Let’s start.”
“Yes.”
Ugh
As the black hoods activated their magical powers, a round magic circle formed on the floor centered on the altar on which the boy’s body was placed, exuding unusual energy.
“You are the queen… Please give us the power to achieve our long-cherished wishes… !”
“““Strength!”””
The prayer that one black hood shouted with earnest desire, the others joined in and shouted earnestly.
Yet.
[Bryunak spearmanship]
[Skin Piercing]
Kwaaang!
“Ah!”
It was the moment when a spear flying through the air shattered the mural that was exuding cool energy during the ceremony.
Cooong!
As the remains of the smashed mural fall to the ground in vain, the ritual held by the black hoods is forcibly canceled.
With the mural, which was the source of power, damaged, it is impossible to hold the ceremony again.
Soon after seeing the long spear that was stuck in the place where the mural had been and created a huge crater, Black Hood realized that someone had disrupted his ritual.
“What kind of child… !”
“Chief… At the entrance…”
“What?”
Dirat turned his head, following his subordinate’s finger pointing towards the entrance while calling his name.
“… Human?”
Silver-white hair that shines brightly in the bright moonlight, and two bright red eyes staring at them through the hair.
The black hooded men who discovered the man who was creating a very mysterious atmosphere in the moonlight made eye contact with the man with silvery white hair and bloody red eyes and all flinched.
You can tell instinctively.
Never an ordinary human being.
“There are still dark elves left. I thought everyone died in that war.”
“… !?”
“You guys are still the same even though 350 years have passed. It hasn’t changed at all.”
It was unknown to the black hood.
‘350 years? No way… ? How can humans destroy our species!?’
The mortal beings who lived a short life of less than 100 years and were at rest spoke as if they knew exactly what had happened to them 350 years ago.
“You guys… Who are you!”
A black hood looked at the silver-haired man and harshly questioned him.
“…”
But the man did not answer the black hood’s question.
Not paying attention to themselves, they turned their heads to the side and looked up into the air.
The attitude of being convinced that there is something, even though nothing exists there.
“I asked who you are!”
Hearing the voice shouting again, the man finally opened his mouth, staring at the black hoods in front of him.
“The person who will wipe out all of you ‘Dark Elves’ from now on.”
Some Dark Elves shook their shoulders at Eunhyun’s words as they correctly guessed their identities.
“Uh, how could humans… !”
“You don’t need to know that.”
Two swords were summoned in each hand of the silver-white haired man and placed in his hand.
The bloody red eyes glared at the Dark Elves with ferocious force.
“My goddess just decided on your punishment.”
“What bullshit…”
“All of you…”
“… !”
Not from the front, but from the back, the Dark Elves’ skin gave goose bumps.
The sound was heard first, and then the man’s figure disappeared like a mirage.
Squeak
A Dark Elf who couldn’t see through Lee Hyeong-hwan’s head was cut off in vain and fell to the floor.
“It’s the death penalty.”
The death sentence handed down by the apostle of God was too quiet.
